Poem: At the Lindale, Texas Post Office, I Ask for a Book of Stamps Do you want flags, cowboys, or cowboy hats? A poem by Robin Turner and a message from outgoing TXO poetry editor Naomi Shihab Nye. Texas Observer · Apr 21, 2023
Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry. Texas Observer · Apr 21, 2023
Turning Anti-Asian Hate into Law A pair of bills, SB 147 and SB 711, could restrict people like the author's father from owning property, based on where he was born. Texas Observer · Apr 20, 2023
The Path to a Safe Abortion Gets Narrower—Again Women getting help for reproductive care out of state are under siege. Texas Observer · Apr 19, 2023
Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas. Texas Observer · Apr 18, 2023
Mexican Cotton Farmers Struggle Over Genetically Modified Seed Rules Spurred by environmental and health concerns, Mexico has stopped approving modified cotton seeds which depend on the pesticide glyphosate. Texas Observer · Apr 17, 2023
Austin PD’s Bad DNA Analysis Nearly Cost This Man His Life Billy Faircloth was sentenced to 60 years in prison, but an appeals court overturned his conviction. Texas Observer · Apr 14, 2023
The Who Behind ‘Where Wolf’ A crowdfunded story of furries, journalism and murder: Film programmer-turned-comic book artist Robert Saucedo tells us about his creation. Texas Observer · Apr 13, 2023
Tallahassee My Texas Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State? Republicans like Governor Greg Abbott seem to be in a rivalry to outdo his right-wing agenda.. Texas Observer · Apr 12, 2023
‘School Choice’ Is Just a Ploy to Defund Public Ed The latest front in Christian nationalists’ battle to undermine separation of church and state. Texas Observer · Apr 10, 2023
Mireille Enos Found ‘Hope’ in Lucky Hank Sugar Land born actress Mireille Enos talks about her training at Houston’s prestigious Kinder High School for the Performing And Visual Arts. Texas Observer · Apr 6, 2023
‘We Are in a Crisis’: Texas Public Schools on the Edge Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees. Texas Observer · Apr 6, 2023
More Than Just a Number Participants in Ms. Texas Senior America pageant embrace the golden years in all their glamor, gumption, and glory. Texas Observer · Apr 5, 2023
Dallas’ Evidence Fiasco: An Exoneree’s Lawyer Speaks Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, wrongfully convicted for murder, due to Dallas police's improper evidence handling. Texas Observer · Apr 4, 2023
Texas Observer · Apr 3, 2023 Dragging Democracy into the Future As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.
Texas Observer · Apr 2, 2023 The Texas Observer Lives! After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
Texas Observer · Mar 31, 2023 Olive Klug’s Melancholy Mood: A Visit with TikTok’s Nonbinary Folk Music Star “They're trying to sell us and sell to us, but they're also trying to kill us,” Olive Klug said of attacks on trans rights in America.
Texas Observer · Mar 30, 2023 Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.
Texas Observer · Mar 30, 2023 The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.
Texas Observer · Mar 29, 2023 To our Texas Observer Community To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…
Texas Observer · Mar 29, 2023 We Did It, Y’all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open! "Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.
Texas Observer · Mar 29, 2023 True Crime’s Ethical Dilemma Citizen Sleuth begins as a search for a murder but Tends with a hard look at the murky ethics of true crime storytelling.
Texas Observer · Mar 28, 2023 Learning from the Dead The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch, operated by Texas State University, offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.
Texas Observer · Mar 28, 2023 Save the Texas Observer! UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…
Texas Observer · Mar 24, 2023 ‘I’ve Always Been a Transplant’: A Global Perspective on Texas Hip-Hop David Shabani’s life took him on an international journey from France to the Live Music Capital of the World.